Have you ever heard someone say “when you look up at the night sky, you’re actually looking into the past”. Is it true? Well technically, yes. As we know, light travels at a speed of […]
Cecilia Payne: Forgotten Stargazer
I still remember when someone told me back at college that there really weren’t any women in science, apart from Marie Curie. I remember thinking, “surely there are ‘no women’ because of the inherent patriarchal […]
Astronomy and Astrophysics: Two weeks in two minutes
A selection of interesting developments in astronomy and astrophysics from the past couple of weeks. We get the best view of the dwarf planet Ceres yet: As NASA’s Dawn mission nears Ceres, each picture […]